Disrupting the Construction Industry Through Technology

McKinsey & Company has recently released a report that provides in sight on why the construction industry is ripe for disruption. The McKinsey Global Institute estimates that the world requires $57 trillion to be spent on infrastructure by 2030 in order to keep up with global GDP growth. The report identified five ways the industry […]

Learn How Software Helps Construction Operations

Contractors are always on the go — bouncing from jobsites, the office and everywhere in between. Time doesn’t stop on the job, and a project’s deadline won’t freeze to push paperwork. With new innovations from software companies, contractors can bridge the gap between the office and worksite — all while keeping operations running as smoothly […]

The Private Sector Can Improve Our Crumbling Infrastructure

Douglas L. Peterson is President and CEO of S&P Global and Susan Story is President and CEO of American Water. They are co-chairs of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Executive Council on Infrastructure. It’s time to break the status quo America was built on the spirit of pioneering, entrepreneurialism, and innovation. Decades ago, these trailblazers created […]

Evolution of Bridge Inspection

A great article published by one of Giatec Scientific’s very own in this month’s issue of Concrete Engineering International associated with The UK Concrete Society.

A 21st Century Solution to our Problems

How smart technology is changing the concrete industry for the better By Sarah McGuire John Oliver, the host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight has been vociferously exposing problems in America free of television censorship thanks to the paid television network on which the show is hosted. During the segment aired on March 8th he exposed […]

5 Remarkable Innovations

The World of Concrete 2015 trade show, hosted in the dynamic city of Las Vegas attracted over 60,000 attendees this year with over 1,400 exhibitors. Every year, as the show continues, the quantity of innovative and exciting products continues to grow and the concrete world is forever changing. It is exciting for the concrete industry […]